Peleliu Cleanup
Photograph
Peleliu Cleanup
September 1944
Gelatin silver print
19.7 x 24.4 cm.
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
1974.0025.0018
Inscriptions verso-(printed caption) "Peleliu Cleanup - The do-or-die remnants of
the Jap forces on Peleliu have to be cleaned out of strong positions
in caves and dugouts in the many ridges of the island. Here Marine
infantrymen, supported by tanks, move up a small draw to attack enemy
nests in the hillside. The smoke at the left marks the blast of a
shell fired by one of the tanks." "Hdqrs. No. 97,433" "Dist List 2-4"
"10-1844" "Watch your Credit Line" "Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo"
(in ink) "By Cpl Max Roemer" recto-(in image) "USMC" (logo)
the Jap forces on Peleliu have to be cleaned out of strong positions
in caves and dugouts in the many ridges of the island. Here Marine
infantrymen, supported by tanks, move up a small draw to attack enemy
nests in the hillside. The smoke at the left marks the blast of a
shell fired by one of the tanks." "Hdqrs. No. 97,433" "Dist List 2-4"
"10-1844" "Watch your Credit Line" "Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo"
(in ink) "By Cpl Max Roemer" recto-(in image) "USMC" (logo)
